Shiv Kapur qualifies for US Open
Surrey: Shiv Kapur qualified for his maiden US Open after he came through the Sectional Qualifying by posting rounds of 68 and 71 to total 139. Kapur, who has played at the 2006 and 2013 British Open, was tied fifth as 14 players made it to the Major through the qualifiers held in Walton Heath Golf Club. The Sectional was won by Shane lowry of Ireland. Kapur said, "It was tough out there, but I am happy to make it through to the US Open. I have come close in the past, but I managed finally this time." Kapur added, "Now it is time for Pinehurst and it will be great playing with the best in the business. I enjoyed himself at the Open last time around in 2013."
All win day for Jeevan at Guam
Tumon (Guam): Top seeded Indian Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan dispatched Japanese qualifier Koichi Sano in straight sets to progress to the singles pre-quarterfinals of the USD 10,000 ITF men's Futures event, here on Tuesday. The left-handed Indian capitalised on early breaks and saved all six break points he faced in the opening round of the hard court event. Jeevan, who came into the event after his best finish at Challenger level, next faces American Thomas Shubert. later in the day, Jeevan combined with Taipei's Jui-Chen Hung to storm into the doubles quarterfinals. The second-seeded Indo-Taipei pair trounced local wild card pair of Joshua Cepeda and Brian Tuncap Jr 6-0 6-0. They are now up against Japanese pair of Yuuya Kibi and Tomohiro Masabayashi.
Ankita, Sharrmadaa advance
Chennai: BCCI's president-in exile N Srinivasan on Tuesday chaired a finance committee meeting of the Asian Cricket Council here which saw the annual audited accounts being passed. The meeting was of short duration and no other topics including the ACC (U-23) Emerging Meet was discussed at the meeting. "Only the accounts were passed today and no other decision was taken on the day," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said. One of the notable members, who attended the meeting was Nishantha Ranatunga, secretary of Sri lanka Cricket (SlC). From India, apart from Srinivasan, who is also the chairman of the finance committee, the meeting was attended by Patel and General Manager (Cricket Operations) MV Sridhar. From Pakistan, Badar Mohammed Khan attended the meeting.
Rs 40 lakh for Uber Cup team
New Delhi: Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta on Tuesday announced a cash prize of `40 lakhs for the Indian women's team that created history by winning the bronze medal in the recently-concluded li-Ning BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals. Das Gupta said it was important to reward the players, so that others also take inspiration from this. The chief architects of India's bronze medal winning team — Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa — will receive a cash reward of `5 lakhs each, while the remaining amount will be distributed among the other players and staff members. The President also announced `10 lakhs cash reward for chief coach Pullela Gopichand for being honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government.